diff --git a/scripts/init.py b/scripts/init.py
index 1f660e30..d47884a8 100755
--- a/scripts/init.py
+++ b/scripts/init.py
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
     parser.add_argument("-s", "--site", metavar="TITLE")
     parser.add_argument("-t", "--type", metavar="TYPE")
     parser.add_argument("-c", "--copyright", metavar="NAME")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-C",
+        action="store_const", const="Mike Fährmann", dest="copyright")
     parser.add_argument(
         "-F", "--force",
         action="store_const", const="w", default="x", dest="open_mode")
@@ -350,15 +353,9 @@ def parse_opts(args=None):
         "site_name"  : args.site,
         "type"       : args.type,
         "open_mode"  : args.open_mode,
+        "copyright"  : args.copyright,
     }
 
-    if copyright := args.copyright:
-        if len(copyright) == 1:
-            copyright = "Mike Fährmann"
-        opts["copyright"] = copyright
-    else:
-        opts["copyright"] = ""
-
     if root := args.root:
         if "://" in root:
             root = root.rstrip("/")